Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell

Paul practices mainly in the field of professional negligence, with particular experience in document-heavy claims against lawyers, accountants and financial advisers (including coverage disputes). He also regularly acts in commercial/ chancery litigation with an international dimension and has broad experience of freezing orders (obtaining, varying, and discharging). He has a growing disciplinary practice, acting for and against solicitors, accountants and taxation advisers. He acts regularly for the Taxation Disciplinary Board as a case presenter and recently assisted the TDB in amending the Taxation Disciplinary Scheme Regulations. He is listed in Chambers and Partners 2013 as being  "... valued for the speed with which he works and the results he achieves. His opinions are shot through with intelligence as he is 'very clever', and 'can get his head around some very difficult issues'."

Email: paul.mitchell@hailshamchambers.com
Phone: 020 7643 5000

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Year of call: 1999

Specialist areas: professional negligence; commercial/chancery litigation; regulatory & disciplinary law; arbitration & mediation

Education: 1990 King's College, Cambridge, BA(Hons). 1st class; 1993 School of Oriental and African Studies. MA; 1997 King's College, Cambridge, PhD; 1998 City University, CPE

Committees: Paul was Treasurer of Hailsham Chambers between 2005 and 2009, and has since 2008 sat annually on Lincoln's Inn's panel of interviewers awarding major scholarships to students for the Bar Professional Training Course.

Publications and lectures

Contributed chapter 9 on conveyancing to the second edition of Flenley & Leech; and was co-author of chapters 15 and 16 in the third edition (London 2012) on solicitors' regulation and disciplinary proceedings. 

  
  • Bank of Scotland v Watson [2013] EWCA Civ 6
  • Herrmann v Withers [2012] EWHC 1492 (Ch)
  • Hazelhurst v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2011] EWHC 462 (Admin)
  • Eminence v Heaney [2010] EWCA Civ 1168
  • West Wallasey Car Hire v Berkson & Berkson & Anor [2010] PNLR 14
  • Rawnsley & Ors v Weatherall Green & Smith North & Anor [2009] EWHC 2393 (Ch), [2010] PNLR 6
  • Byrnell v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor [2009] EWHC 727
  • Normington v Palmers Solicitors & Anor [2009] EWHC 2036 (Ch)
  • Taxation Disciplinary Board v Malik (Appeal Tribunal of the Taxation Disciplinary Board, April 2009)
  • Williams v Thompson Leatherdale & Anor [2008] EWHC 2574 (Ch), [2009] PNLR 15, [2009] 2 FLR 730, [2010] Lloyd's Rep PN 83

 

  

"... is valued for the speed with which he works and the results he achieves. His opinions are shot through with intelligence as he is 'very clever', and 'can get his head around some very difficult issues'." Chambers UK 2013

"... is 'a courageous advocate who provides pragmatic commercial advice'." Chambers UK 2012

"He is highly recommended by clients for his 'sensible and reasonable approach'." Chambers UK 2011

"... continues to forge a burgeoning reputation as his work attracts more and more interest." Chambers UK 2010

"Paul Mitchell's growing professional negligence practice comprises claims against lawyers, accountants and financial advisers. He successfully defended Chantery Vellacott in a £100 million professional negligence counterclaim against accountants, which collapsed mid-trial." Chambers UK 2009